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Here at eSports Pro we hate event spoilers, but also know that no one has the time to watch every major tournament every weekend. That’s why we are starting up the weekend wrap up, a short post every Monday that lists all of the winners from the previous weekend. This …
Read More »The weekend wrap up: 05/12/16
Here at eSports Pro we hate event spoilers, but also know that no one has the time to watch every major tournament every weekend. That’s why we are starting up the weekend wrap up, a short post every Monday that lists all of the winners from the previous weekend. What …
Read More »GAME’s profit and revenue fall during H1
GAME’s earnings were down by almost 10m for the half-year until January 23rd, 2016. The firm cited the ‘challenging UK market’ for the slump in earnings, which totalled 33.1m. The figure is a slight improvement on the profit warning GAME issued in January, when it predicted that its half-year results …
Read More »Gameloft sees positive second quarter and first half results
Casual games studio Gameloft has reported positive financial results for its second quarter and first half of 2015. The French company posted a year-on-year sales increase of 15 per cent for the first half of its fiscal year, reaching €127.4m. North America accounted for 24 per cent of sales, while …
Read More »Destiny and Hearthstone make $850m as Skylanders becomes a $3bn franchise
Activision Blizzard has posted full year net revenue of $4.4bn thanks to the success of four key franchises. The publisher says that multiplayer shooter Destiny and card game Hearthstone between them raked in $850m over the last financial year. Bungie’s shooter now has over 16m registered players while the World …
Read More »GameStop narrowly misses revenue estimates as Q4 like-for-likes climb 7.8%
Global games retailer GameStop has reported a like-for-like sales increase of 7.8 per cent for the quarter ending February 1st. Sales for period grew from $3.56bn last year to $3.68bn, although this was short of the $3.79bn consensus estimate. Earnings fell from $261.1m last year to $220.5m. For the full …
Read More »MCV Salary Survey 2014: How much are you worth?
This year, our salary survey shows a slight increase in the average UK games industry yearly wage. AVERAGE UK GAMES INDUSTRY YEARLY SALARY: 30,653 Last year, we reported the average salary was 29,358. This year’s figure of 30,653 is broadly in line with the average UK games industry salary for …
Read More »Video games star in strong Argos results
Argos says sales of electricals – includingvideo games, tablets, TVs and white goods – helped it deliver a strong financial quarter, as its parent company appoints a new chief exec. Total sales grew by 3.6 per cent to 1.808m while like-for-like sales increased by 3.8 per centfor the 18 weeks …
Read More »Square Enix beats expectations as focus is shifted to Western development
The success of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn has seen Square Enix easily beat its financial expectations for the six months ending September. The publisher had forecast an operating loss of 2bn (12.6m) but actually reported a (12.6m) but actually reported a 4.7bn (29.6m) profit. The publisher has also, …
Read More »Resident Evil 5 overtakes Street Fighter II to become Capcom’s best ever seller
2009 action outing Resident Evil 5 is now Capcom’s best selling game ever. It has overtaken the 6.3m sales of 1992 SNES release Street Fighter II to claim the crown and also leads the likes of Resident Evil 6 (5.2m), Resident Evil 2 (4.96m), Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (4.8m) and …
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